Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Sideshow Sideshow William Shawcross An investigative account of the secret war in Cambodia during the Vietnam War, and of the use of power by Nixon and Kissinger in Indo-Chinese foreign policy. OL11334946W
Nixon, Kissinger, and U.S. foreign policy making Nixon, Kissinger, and U.S. foreign policy making Asaf Siniver "Nixon, Kissinger, and U.S. Foreign Policy Making examines for the first time the important role of crisis management in the making of U.S. foreign policy during the Nixon-Kissinger years. The book o… OL11988975W
Nixon's civil rights Nixon's civil rights Dean J. Kotlowski "Richard Nixon believed that history would show his administration in the forefront of civil rights progress. What does the record really say about civil rights under Nixon? In a new book, Dean Kotlo… OL12020457W
The encyclopedia of serial killers The encyclopedia of serial killers Wilfred Gregg,Brian Lane An A-to-Z guide to the world's most horrifying criminals discusses the lives and crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, David Berkowitz, Peter Sutcliffe, and John Wayne Gacy, as well as… OL16049539W
Nixon's Trident Nixon's Trident John Darrell Sherwood,Naval Historical Center (U.S.) Series: U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War OL17322445W
The greatest comeback The greatest comeback Patrick J. Buchanan The former Nixon advisor and best-selling author of Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War" traces the unanticipated political rise of the 37th President just six years after his gubernatorial l… OL17753156W
Richard M. Nixon Richard M. Nixon Michelle M. Hasselius Richard Nixon was the 37th president of the United States. Learn about his childhood, his work as a lawyer, and the scandal that ended his presidency. "Simple text and photographs present a biograph… OL17871816W
1960 1960 David Pietrusza "1960 aims to take us deeper into the campaign than Theodore White's famous The Making of the President, 1960. And it does."'Chicago Sun-Times Award-winning historian David Pietrusza's hard-edged acc… OL1803418W
The Nixon defense The Nixon defense John W. Dean "Former White House Counsel John W. Dean, one of the last major surviving figures of Watergate, draws on his own transcripts of almost a thousand conversations, a wealth of Nixon's secretly recorded … OL19662810W
The President and the apprentice The President and the apprentice Irwin F. Gellman More than half a century after Eisenhower left office, the history of his presidency is so clouded by myth, partisanship, and outright fraud that most people have little understanding of how Ike's ad… OL19664945W
The Mafia's president The Mafia's president Don Fulsom Describes President Nixon's association, through a political advisor and lawyer, with individuals in the Mafia, including Mickey Cohen, Meyer Lansky, Jimmy Hoffa, and Carlos Marcello and details the … OL19729602W
The Blood telegram The Blood telegram Gary J. Bass A full-length account of the involvement of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in Pakistan's brutal 1970s military dictatorship argues that they encouraged China's military presence in India, illegall… OL19972521W
Chasing shadows Chasing shadows Ken Hughes "This book, based on research on and transcripts of the Nixon, Johnson, and Kennedy White House presidential recordings as well as other contemporary sources, reveals for the first time the origins o… OL19988610W
Nixon's first cover-up Nixon's first cover-up H. Larry Ingle Have you ever thought you completely knew a story, inside and out, only to see some new information that shatters what you had come to accept as unquestioned fact? Well, Richard Nixon is that story, … OL20292933W
The Kitchen Debate and Cold War consumer politics The Kitchen Debate and Cold War consumer politics Shane Hamilton Materials ancillary to the "debate" or exchanges between Richard M. Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev at the American National Exhibition in Moscow in 1959. OL23393626W
The Haldeman diaries The Haldeman diaries H. R. Haldeman The White House diaries of H. R. Haldeman, Richard Nixon's Chief of Staff. OL3461346W
Breach of Faith Breach of Faith Theodore H. White This book describes Richard Nixon's rise and fall in politics. OL4321683W
Frost/Nixon Frost/Nixon David Frost Following the resounding success of the eponymous West End and Broadway hit play, Frost/Nixon tells the extraordinary story of how Sir David Frost pursued and landed the biggest fish of his career—an… OL8389511W